“Since the beginning of this year, an unprecedented but little-noticed campaign has been waged in Congress—backed by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and others—in support of Israeli settlements. At the core of this campaign is an effort to legislate a change in U.S. policy, which since 1967 has remained firmly opposed to settlements, under both Republican and Democratic presidents,” writes Lara Friedman.

“There are no less than 36 countries, including China, Iran, Egypt, Lebanon and Russia, that are under various types of economic sanctions by the European Union. And it is important to remember: Against Israel there are no sanctions, not even against the settlements,” writes Roy Peled.

Ayman Odeh, the head of the mainly-Palestinian Joint List party in Israel, is set to meet with top US officials and human rights leaders.f

The Israeli Supreme Court on Tuesday cancelled a demolition order on the family home of a Palestinian teenager convicted of killing a 20-year-old Israeli soldier last year.

Yitzhak Gabai, 24, who set fire to the Jewish-Arab school in Jerusalem in November 2014 along with two others, was sentenced to three years in prison on Tuesday morning. The Jerusalem District Court sentenced Gabai to two years in prison for the arson, ten months for posting incitement on Facebook, and two more months for the possession of a knife.

Three Palestinians were prevented from stabbing Israelis in the occupied West Bank when Israeli troops shot them in two separate incidents.

Many Palestinian officials consider dethroning the shekel as a necessary step toward limiting Palestine’s economic ties with Israel.

Monday’s move was seen as an attempt by Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas to tackle Hamas “incitement,” and in so doing to curb the almost-daily clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian rioters.